Privacy, promotionalism and the proliferation of state-performed criminal record screening in the Netherlands: How a restrictive legal framework can still result in a steep increase of criminal background checks

The Netherlands has endorsed a unique system regarding the management, disclosure and screening of criminal records. Disclosure to third parties is strongly restricted, yet all (potential) employees can request a government agency to provide a risk assessment − known as a Certificate of Conduct (‘VO...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Authors: Zand-Kurtovic, Elina van 't 1985- (Author) ; Boone, Miranda 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminology & criminal justice
Year: 2023, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 549-567
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 1858005698
003 DE-627
005 20230827051451.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 230826s2023 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1177/17488958231161427  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1858005698 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1858005698 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 2,1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Zand-Kurtovic, Elina van 't  |d 1985-  |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)1153130408  |0 (DE-627)1014559359  |0 (DE-576)497316536  |4 aut 
109 |a Zand-Kurtovic, Elina van 't 1985-  |a Zand-Kurtovic, Elina Geerdina van 't 1985-  |a Kurtovic, Elina G. 1985- 
245 1 0 |a Privacy, promotionalism and the proliferation of state-performed criminal record screening in the Netherlands: How a restrictive legal framework can still result in a steep increase of criminal background checks 
264 1 |c 2023 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a The Netherlands has endorsed a unique system regarding the management, disclosure and screening of criminal records. Disclosure to third parties is strongly restricted, yet all (potential) employees can request a government agency to provide a risk assessment − known as a Certificate of Conduct (‘VOG’ in Dutch) − for every kind of employment application to determine whether they are fit for a given job. This article explains how and why this Dutch policy approach, deemed respectful of individual privacy rights, can nonetheless go hand in hand with the promotion, proliferation and pervasiveness of criminal record screening. It challenges the often dichotomic approach of the comparative literature on criminal record policies and helps understand that privacy protection alone cannot be fully equated with the rehabilitation and re-entry in society of people with a criminal history. Although the Dutch criminal record system avoids any unnecessary publicity of criminal record data, it nonetheless triggers adverse impairments on reintegration processes through stigmatisation and exclusion resulting from the ubiquitous use of Certificates of Conduct in the labour market. This questions the promotion of the Dutch screening instrument as an exemplary model for criminal record information sharing within Europe. 
650 4 |a The Netherlands 
650 4 |a Rehabilitation 
650 4 |a Re-entry 
650 4 |a Privacy 
650 4 |a criminal record screening 
650 4 |a Collateral consequences 
700 1 |a Boone, Miranda  |d 1967-  |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)1080704310  |0 (DE-627)845052322  |0 (DE-576)17298176X  |4 aut 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Criminology & criminal justice  |d London [u.a.] : Sage, 2006  |g 23(2023), 4, Seite 549-567  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)337806837  |w (DE-600)2063005-0  |w (DE-576)096290994  |x 1748-8966  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:23  |g year:2023  |g number:4  |g pages:549-567 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958231161427  |x Resolving-System  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mkri 
936 u w |d 23  |j 2023  |e 4  |h 549-567 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4370431336 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1858005698 
LOK |0 005 20230826043606 
LOK |0 008 230826||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-2619)KrimDok#2023-08-25#022CBC13F1F8D790A69AE428E95AA87EEE0A0966 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-2619  |c DE-627  |d DE-2619 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-2619 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a zota 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a SA-MARC-krimdoka001.raw